Detroit man sentenced for drug charge

Detroit man sentenced for drug charge

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Jan. 31. It is reproduced in full below.

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Patrick Collins, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to 15 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

Collins, 31, pleaded guilty in August 2021 to one count of “Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances." Collins admitted to working with others to distribute cocaine base, also known as “crack," and heroin from the summer of 2020 to October 2020 in Monongalia County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda E. Wesley prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives and the Mon Metro Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.

U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh presided.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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